Fox 40 Sonik

tjones1 · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 23, 2007, 11:40am

Anyone going to try the new 4-chambered whistle when it comes out sometime this year?

deecee · #2 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 23, 2007, 11:50am

no but I will be purchasing the new Sony 7.1 dolby digital surround sound official whistle system. it comes with a 800W amp and 8 speakers and 1 12" subwoofer. I dont accept double whistles in my games -- ONLY MY WHISTLE

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MJT · #3 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 23, 2007, 11:51am

Not unless I hear a lot of others say it is better than the Fox 40 Classic, which is what I prefer.

Scrapper1 · #4 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 23, 2007, 01:16pm

Not unless I get a free one at camp.

IHSAref · #5 (**permalink**) Sat Mar 24, 2007, 09:25pm

I will, jsut becasue I have a sort of habit of collecting whistles. I have about 10 right now and not one of them is a fox 40 classic. I had a classic but I broke it by bitting down to hard...I switched to the CMG Anyone know when the Sonik will come out??

imaref · #6 (**permalink**) Sun Mar 25, 2007, 07:21am

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Originally Posted by IHSAref

I will, jsut becasue I have a sort of habit of collecting whistles. I have about 10 right now and not one of them is a fox 40 classic. I had a classic but I broke it by bitting down to hard...I switched to the CMG Anyone know when the Sonik will come out??

Tweet to you IHSAref.....
Do you have one of those orange/black "Gonia Special" whistles that used to be all the rage about 25-years ago? (Midwest area).
A dentist friend of mine told me that other refs were starting to use them for two reasons.....obviously unique "high pitch" sound, and plastic whistle is safer for teeth. (Only drawback was a pack of local dogs where all waiting at the gym exits after the game). Turns out the "Gonia Special" is a dog training whistle.

No knowledge when SONIK comes out this year....FOX website (not to be confused with the psuedo cable News channel

) only has a promo page on it....no listing of price....also ad just appeared on back cover of this month's edition of Referee Magazine.

26 Year Gap · #7 (**permalink**) Sun Mar 25, 2007, 01:49pm

Does it look like this?

tjones1 · #8 (**permalink**) Sun Mar 25, 2007, 04:47pm

We can only hope it does!

Larks · #9 (**permalink**) Sun Mar 25, 2007, 08:46pm

Maybe it looks like this?

I wonder of those clips will get caught in my lanyard?

tjones1 · #10 (**permalink**) Sun Mar 25, 2007, 08:47pm

Nope, that would be the Fox 40 Force.

tjones1 · #11 (**permalink**) Sun Mar 25, 2007, 08:52pm

If you go to http://www.fox40world.com/ , click on "Click here to see our new 2007 online catalog" you'll see a picture of it on the first page.

tjones1 · #12 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 15, 2007, 08:17am

Bump.

I find it interesting that most of the major retail stores aren't touching the new whistle. Refnrev will tell you that's a good thing for me, because I have 10,000 Fox 40 classics!

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. · #13 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 15, 2007, 04:00pm

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Originally Posted by tjones1

Anyone going to try the new 4-chambered whistle when it comes out sometime this year?

TJones1:

I love my Dolphin whistle, but I am going to buy a couple try out, plus the cost of the whistles are a tax deduction.

MTD, Sr.

Back In The Saddle · #14 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 15, 2007, 06:26pm

Hmmm, I only get an occassional complaints about how loud my Fox 40 is. This should make things way more fun. We're talking way beyond deaf here. With a solid double whistle, this puppy should be loud enough to stun everybody in the key.

Jurassic Referee · #15 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 15, 2007, 07:47pm

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Originally Posted by tjones1

Anyone going to try the new 4-chambered whistle when it comes out sometime this year?

Gee Tanner, I'm just hoping that you'll be around to try one out, what with the trials and tribulations that you'll have to go through during your recall.

http://service.mattel.com/us/recall/...ecall_id=52432

Here's a picture of Tanner in action, doing his usual job.....